Delta

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Delta uc lc.svg
Common letters
Αα Alpha Νν Nu
Ββ Beta Ξξ Xi
Γγ Gamma Οο Omicron
Δδ Delta Ππ Pi
Εε Epsilon Ρρ Rho
Ζζ Zeta Σσς Sigma
Ηη Eta Ττ Tau
Θθ Theta Υυ Upsilon
Ιι Iota Φφ Phi
Κκ Kappa Χχ Chi
Λλ Lambda Ψψ Psi
Μμ Mu Ωω Omega
Uncommon letters
Greek Digamma normal.svg Digamma Qoppa Q-and-Z-shaped.svg Qoppa
Greek San straight.svg San Greek Sampi 2 shapes.svg Sampi
Other letters
Greek Stigma.svg Stigma Bactrian Sho.svg Sho
Greek Eta tack.svg Heta

Greek alphabet

Delta (uppercase/lowercase Δ δ), is the letter of the Greek alphabet, used to represent the "d" sound in Ancient and Modern Greek. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 4. Letters that came from it include the Roman D and Cyrillic Д.

The upper-case letter Δ can be used as symbol representing "change".

In molecular chemistry the lower case Greek letter δ is used to represent a partial charge. This is always less than the unit charge associated with an ion but has no real fixed value.

A river delta is so named because its shape approximates the upper-case letter delta.


it is basically just a triangle